Words have power, but so does the language in which they're spoken, according to Margit Tavits, the Dr. William Taussig Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2022
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British Columbia has become the first province to be granted an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to remove criminal penalties for possession of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA for personal ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2022
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In the workplace, even subtle differences in language choice can influence the perception of gender for better or worse. These choices fall into two main categories: minimizing the role of gender by using gender-neutral terms ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2022
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A new study shows that American Sign Language (ASL) is more linguistically complex than previously understood. In particular, research appearing in the June 2022 issue of the journal Language, authored by Tory Sampson (UC ...
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2022
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Our language is changing constantly. Researchers of the University of Vienna found that, over centuries, frequently occurring speech sound patterns get even more frequent. The reason for this development is that our brain ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2022
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In the remote Andean community of El Cisne in Ingapirca, Ecuador, one of the first things you'll notice is children's laughter. In a courtyard, women gather with their children to trace ancestral knowledge and memories—and ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2022
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A new study finds that U.S. residents struggle to understand terms frequently used by scientists to describe climate change. Study participants said some of the terms were too complex to understand. Other terms were misunderstood ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2021
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Multi-disciplinary researchers at The University of Manchester have helped develop a powerful physics-based tool to map the pace of language development and human innovation over thousands of years—even stretching into ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2021
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It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers arriving on Xanadu could face problems communicating with previous ...
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2020
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Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, it's also getting a lot of competition from misinformation. Seven in 10 Americans think the benefits from science outweigh the harms, and nine in 10 think science and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2020
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